Govt Scholarships

University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued notification inviting applications for Post Doctoral Fellowships (PDFs) for the academic year 2015-16. The unemployed Ph.D women candidates only eligible to apply for these fellowships.

Number of fellowships to be issued per years are 100. Duration of the fellowship is five years.

Amount of Fellowship: Rs. 25000 per year for the initial two years and Rs. 30000 per year for the next three years. There will be contingency fund of Rs. 50000 per year for five years.

Eligibility: Candidates should have completed Ph.D. Only women candidates are eligible for these fellowships. Age of the candidates should not exceed 55 years.

Application forms can be submitted online only through the website ugc.ac.in. Last date for the submission of applications is 31st May 2015. For more details, see the website www.ugc.ac.in .

National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) has announced Scholarship Scheme for the handicapped students who are pursuing degree, PG and other professional and technical courses in India. These scholarships are provided by the Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India. Following are the details of the scholarship amount, eligibility and application procedure:

Scholarship amount:

For degree students: Rs.2500 per month
For PG students: Rs. 3000 per month
For Professional Courses: Rs. 6000 per month
For PG Courses (Professional): Rs. 10000 per month.

The annual income of the parents should not exceed Rs.3 lakhs. Total number of scholarships are 2500. Out of these 750 scholarships are allotted for women candidates and remaining for male students.

Candidates should apply online only through the website www.nhfdc.nic.in . Filled in forms along with required copies of documents should be sent to National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC), Red Cross Bhawan, Sector-12, Faridabad – 121 007.